Basic Challah Bread
Baker Bettie · bakerbettie.com · 2018 · 1
Against 72 challah recipes
Less egg than 91% of recipes and less oil than 91%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 72 challah recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less egg than 91% of recipes: 16% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%.
- Less oil than 91% of recipes: 5.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 12%, about half as much.
- Less water than 83% of recipes: 31% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (9)
- 540 grams (4 ½ cups) all-purpose flour, plus additional540 g
- 7 grams (2 ¼ teaspoons, 1 package) instant or quick rise yeast, not active dry7 g
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt≈ 8 g
- 28 grams (2 tablespoons) neutral-flavored oil (canola, vegetable, safflower, grapeseed)28 g
- 1 large whole egg≈ 50 g
- 2 large egg yolks≈ 36 g
- 85 grams (¼ cup) honey85 g
- 150 grams (½ cup + 2 tablespoons, 150 milliliters) water, warmed to about 110°F/ 43°C150 g
- 15 grams (1 tablespoon) water15 g
flour 540 gbatter 919 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 72 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Egg16% · 8th percentile · median 25%
- Oil5.2% · 8th percentile · median 12%
- Sweetener16% · 65th percentile · median 13%
- Water31% · 16th percentile · median 40%
- Salt1.5% · 26th percentile · median 1.8%
- Yeast1.3% · 33rd percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 to 35 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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